First Vortec Red ASA V8s Are Picked Up By Teams

DECATUR, IN - The first four Vortec Red ASA V8 engines were shipped from
Lingenfelter Performance Engineering on Wednesday, December 8, 1999.
Representatives from Herzog Motor Sports LTD and from A.P. Performance
Racing picked up the completed ...

DECATUR, IN - The first four Vortec Red ASA V8 engines were shipped from
Lingenfelter Performance Engineering on Wednesday, December 8, 1999.
Representatives from Herzog Motor Sports LTD and from A.P. Performance
Racing picked up the completed engines.

Lasar Technologies Inc. is the exclusive distribution source for the
engines and has assigned several of the powerplants to ASA teams who have
orders on the books.

The Vortec Red V8 is a high-performance, factory-production engine with
only minor modifications from the stock version currently available in the
Chevrolet Corvette and Camaro and the Pontiac Firebird.

From the General Motors assembly line in suburban Detroit, the engines are
shipped to Lingenfelter, where a dry-sump oiling system, an oil pan and
engine dressing are added in the interest of safety for the competitive
application. Each engine is tested on a dynamometer prior to preparation
for delivery.

The fuel-injected, electronically-controlled engines will mark a new era,
not only in ASA, but in stock car racing.

"I'm pretty excited about the program and I think it's going to be a real
good deal for everybody," A.P. Performance Racing's Dan McLean said. "It's
expensive to get this program up and running, but once that side of it is
completed, but once you get throu gh that, it will be a cost savings,
especially if it's as dependable as they are saying it is, and I expect it
will be." McLean, who is the crew chief for Alec Pinsonneault, said he is
excited about being part of the new engine program introducing a new era
in oval track stock car racing.

"Anyone who has been around for the program of going from the V8 to the V6
and now into this has to be excited about it," McLean said. "I view this
move only a positive step and I'm looking forward to being a part of it."

As the engines are completed at Lingenfelter, LPE officials forward the
engine serial numbers to LTI, which in turn assigns the number to waiting
orders in the office.

"It's been a long process getting to where we are, but you can really see
the final pieces of it coming together now," ASA Director of Corporate
Planning and Development Lex Dudas said. "This is very exciting to see the
engines being loaded into trucks and heading for team shops. We had to get
the program organized, but I think it will run smoothly from here." To
this point, all the engines that have spent time on the dyno have met ASA
specifications.